It was always the two of them. Rowan and Luke. Luke and Rowan. Until it
wasn’t.

He walked out to follow his dreams. She eventually moved on without him
and learned to believe again in the possibility of happily ever after. Until
Luke walked back in—in a big, viral social media, way.

Luke learned dreams were hollow without someone to share them with. Now
he’ll do anything to make Rowan believe she is the most important thing in the
world to him—more important than the fame and the fans.

Jilted and gun-shy, Rowan isn’t sure she has it in her to trust again.
The bright lights of Music City create deep shadows where secrets and lies
thrive and believing in someone might be the hardest thing she’s ever had to
do.

The minister glanced between them. In a low voice he asked,
“Are you ready?”

“Yes,” they both said.

He raised his voice so the congregation could her him.
“Michael and Rowan, marriage is a promise between two people to love, trust,
and honor each other. It takes trust to know in your hearts you only want the
best for each other. It takes—”

A commotion at the back of the chapel stopped the minister
from telling them what else it took.

“Sir, you can’t go in. There’s a wedding in progress!”

She recognized their wedding planner Stephanie’s voice.

“I know. I’m here to stop it.”

Rowan’s heart thumped in her chest and her fingers tingled
from the flow of adrenaline suddenly coursing through her. She squeezed her
eyes closed. “Please God, no,” she whispered.

Author Bio

Tarina is
an award winning author who has spent her entire life in and around the
military — first as a dependent and then as an enlisted Air Force Member. Her
debut novel, Stitched Up Heart, released in September 2016. She draws heavily
from her own military experience when crafting stories and characters.Tarina is still active duty and a single mom of six-year-old twins. She can be
found in random places around the world while she tries to get her twins
interested in “another castle”. Her
favorite hobby is sleep. She has delusions of retiring from the military and
being a stay-at-home mom.

Review

Rowena thought that the love that she shared with Luke was the type that happy ever after was based on however when he left to pursue his dream of being a country music star she was left with a broken heart.

Six years later he has the professional success he wanted but realizes that what he really wants is Rowena. Rowena has moved on with her life and Luke has stormed into her life looking for a second chance at the worst possible time. Will they be able to work through the pain of the past as well as the obstacles in the present or will she choose the new life she has created?